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Commissioners Minutes
September 8, 2009
The
Board of County Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho, does hereby meet
this 8th day of
September 2009. There being
present Chairman Bill Brown, Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe
Holmes and Clerk Sherry Ward.
Whereupon the following proceedings are had, to-wit:
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting at 9:06 am.
AMENDMENTS
TO AGENDA: No amendments to the meeting.
Carissa
Sindon with the Star News joined the meeting.
Cody
Cahill joined the meeting at approximately 10:20 am.
Pete
and Elaine Johnston joined the meeting at 11:00 am.
DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY:
Engineer Mark Mason present.
Bill Brown asked for Mark to give an overview of past
conversations with Commissioner Brown, Southwest District Health and
DEQ. The County had a small
landfill exemption but does not have one any longer. The reason for the change is the following: 1) The precipitation is more than 25”
per year; 2) the runoff water is contaminated surface and ground, 3) no
cover on refuge. Mark referred to
the draft consent order to allow the County time to complete the closure
and create a transfer site in a timely manner. At 10:40 am David Loper called in via
conference call to discuss concerns.
The County will need to prepare itself for a closure and create a
transfer site.
EVERGREEN
FOREST COGENERATION:
Present are the following:
Rodney Krogh, Pete and Elaine Johnston, Building Inspector Don
Horton and Adams County Record Reporter Cody Cahill.
A
conference call with Sheldon Schultz from Yanke Energy regarding
information appropriate to utility company was held. The concern to Sheldon Schultz is Idaho
Power would request the PUC to reduce rates due to companies building
cogeneration plants or suspend any activity much like the suspension of
wind generation for an 18-month period.
The rates have been attractive for wood fire set by the Northwest
Regional Council. Sheldon advised
Rod Krogh and other applicants to develop a complete site plan to be
presented to the PUC to establish viability. The Board encouraged Rod to develop the
site plan with the County participating in the development. The County will send the Sieman report
and any other information to Sheldon Schultz. The site will be near the Goodrich
landfill. Mike Paradis made a
motion to have the County help financially to prepare a site plan to
submit to the PUC/Idaho Power for a proposed cogeneration plant. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION: A motion was made by Commissioner Joe
Holmes to enter into Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345, subsection
1(b). The motion was seconded by
Mike Paradis and passed with roll call votes as follows: Bill Brown, aye, Mike Paradis, aye, and
Joe Holmes aye.
Mike
Paradis made a motion to adjourn the Executive Session and resume the
regular meeting.
The
meeting was adjourned until September 14, 2009.
ATTEST___________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
September
14, 2009
The
Board of County Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho, does hereby meet
this 14th day of
September 2009. There being
present Chairman Bill Brown, Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe
Holmes not present and Clerk Sherry Ward. Whereupon the following
proceedings are had, to-wit:
Dale
Lattin joined the meeting.
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting at 9:23 am.
AMENDMENTS
TO AGENDA:
Betts
Landscaping
Certification
of Levies -signature
Folke
CPA annual audit -signature
Mike
Paradis made motion to amend the agenda.
The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and carried
unanimously.
Old
business:
ROCK FLAT
ROAD ISSUE: Don Horton had a conversation with Neal
Thompson regarding dust abatement, no Knife River trucks were on the
road, and Don was told logging trucks were also using the road causing
dust. Building Inspector Don
Horton parked on the road for a short time no trucks were using the road. BB said he would call Neal Thompson.
CLAIMS:
Commissioner Mike Paradis reviewed Claims. Mike Paradis reviewed the claims with
total of $143,291.53. Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the claims.
The motion was seconded by BB and carried unanimously.
OLD
COURTHOUSE GRANT:
Request for payment for asbestos removal of $7,350.00 was
reviewed. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve and sign request.
The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and carried unanimously.
Bid
approval for painting and restoring entrance was reviewed. The amount of bid is $3,600.00. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the bid request. The motion was
seconded by Bill Brown and carried unanimously.
COUNTY
EXTENSION AGREEMENT – SIGNATURE:
The annual County Extension agreement with the University of Idaho
was reviewed. The agreement states
the annual budget amount of 30,425.00.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve and sign the agreement. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown
and carried unam.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Present Road Supervisor Tom Glenn.
Tractor
issue: The Commission will continue to look at
the cost of purchasing a new tractor or used. The Commission will also look at
purchasing a snow blower to attach to the tractor.
Metal
prices: Discussion of selling the metal from
the landfill and transfer site.
Wildhorse
Bridge: Mike Paradis told Tom
Glenn we will need good documentation on the bridge to get reimbursed
from the RAC grant.
Tires: Tire removal was discussed.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Present are the following: Sheriff Rich
Green and Under Sheriff Richard Borger.
Electrical
project: 40% accomplished progressing as
scheduled.
HVAC
project: The project is 2/3rd
accomplished
Roof
Project: The roof will be put on October 2nd.
3-new
hires: The Sheriff gave update on the 3-new
hires and employees will be going to post in October.
ICRMP
RENEWAL: ICRMP representative Jason Hansen
appeared before the Commission to review the standard changes.
JAIL
INSPECTION: The Commission went on their quarterly
jail inspection.
Joe
Holmes joined the meeting.
HOMELAND
SECURITY - GRANT AWARD PRESENTION:
Present are the following: Building Inspector Don Horton, Colonel
Shawver, Robert Finley, Pat Lucus and Dave Jackson from Homeland
Security. The Highland Estate
landowners; the Martinsen were also present. Homeland Security presented Adams
County with a $200,000.00 grant for fire mitigation thru FEMA. The Highland estates are located above
Meadow Creek, all the landowners within the estates approved this fire
mitigation. Bill Brown stated Don
Horton and Pam Murphy worked hard at obtaining this grant which was
applied for 3-years ago.
Later
Mike Paradis made a motion to sign the grant for the fire
mitigation. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and carried unanimously.
AMENDED
AGENDA FOR THE FOLLOWING: For Lakeshore agreement
discussion. Mike Paradis made a
motion to amend the agenda. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and carried unanimously.
FOLKE
CPA: Engagement letter from Folke CPA for
the auditing of the Sheriff’s commissary account was reviewed. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
Folke CPA auditing the Sheriff’s Commissary account. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CERTIFICATION
OF LEVIES: The Clerk presented the Commission with
the levies for the County and the Taxing Districts for fiscal year
2010. The levies are the
following:
COUNTY
LEVIES
County:
Current
Expense
.001609080
Tort .000199285
Bond. .000434408
Justice .001798905
Revaluation .000298479
Indigent .000195756
Fair .000022724
Health .000063367
Weeds .000063070
Veterans .000000000
District
Court .000022277
Total .004706351
Cities:
Council .004426084 Tort .000470826 .004896910
New
Meadows .003883731 .003883731
Schools:
New
Meadows .000069170 Supplemental .000574174
Plant Facility .000512540 .001155884
Council .000071864 .000071864
Salmon
River .000055188 Supplemental .003263459
Judgment BFI .000014394 .003333041
McCall-Donnelly .000012944 Bond .000400542
Stabilization .001419403 .001832889
Cambridge .000007414 Bond .000510812
Emergency .000510812 .001387826
Ambulance:
Council
Valley .000356148 Tort .000019413 .0003675561
Cemetery:
Bear
Creek Valley .000124660 .000124660
Council
Valley .000135167 .000135167
Indian
Valley .000139517 .000139517
Meadows
Valley .000045840 .000045840
Fire
District:
Council
Valley .000279563 Over Ride .000246510 .000526073
Meadows
Valley .001062783 .001062783
Indian
Valley .001070356 .001070356
Flood
Control #3 .000056524 .000056524
Library:
Council
Valley .000354090 .000354090
Meadows
Valley .000319233 .000319233
Council
Hospital .000384789 .000384789
Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the County Levies as presented. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
BETTS
LANDSCAPING CANCELLATION OF TAXES:
Present Treasurer Connie Kesler.
The commission directed the treasurer to investigate new lead on
locating Betts Landscaping.
WYE
TRAILHEAD: Present is the following: Shirley
Atteberry, Bill Davis, Potlatch, Blaine Swindlem from Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD), Pam Golden from Idaho Transportation
Department (ITD) and Building Inspector Don Horton. The access road would like to be moved
1100 feet south to create a new encroachment to get to the WYE trail
head. Bill Brown stated the
commission wants to make sure it’s a historical road with public
access. Bill Davis from Potlatch
wants to make sure access is provided to the land owed by Potlatch. The final consensus is to change access
area and leave the existing the road intact. An agreement between Potlatch, Larry
Clem and the County will need to be drawn up. Mike Paradis told Shirley Atteberry a
letter confirming change in access will need to be obtained from Larry
Clem.
MINUTES: After review of the minutes for August
10, 2009, August 24th and
August 31st. Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
LAKESHORE
CONTRACT: Present are Chris Carey and Everett
Arter from Lakeshore. The changes
discussed at the last meeting were completed. The Lakeshore contract will be
presented on September 28, 2009 for signature.
METAL
PRICES: Road Supervisor Tom Glenn came in to
discuss selling metal from the landfill and transfer site. Mike Paradis stated all vendors who
wish to bid on the metal would need a notice and submit a bid for the
metal in the future.
Reminder: Tuesday, Sept. 15 @ 6:00 pm Brundage
PUD at New Meadows Senior Center and the Special Meeting on September 25,
2009 for the RFQ/Congeneration project.
The
meeting was adjourned until September 28, 2009.
Attest:
__________________________
____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board Bill Brown, Chairman of the Board
September 15, 2009
The
Board of County Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho, does hereby meet
this
Hearing on Tuesday, September 15, 2009,
at the hour of 6:00 pm at the New Meadows Senior Center, New Meadows,
Idaho, on the Development Agreement, Planned Unit Development (PUD),
Conditional Use Permit, and Special Development Subdivision applications
of Mountain Village Associates, Inc. for the proposed BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN
VILLAGE, located at Brundage Mountain Resort.
There being present Chairman Bill Brown,
Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe Holmes present and Clerk
Sherry Ward. Whereupon the following proceedings are had, to-wit:
The
following people were present:
Corine
Ickes
Al
Becker
Janice
Whitney
David
Whitney
April
Russell
Judd
DeBoer
Rick
Certano
Laurie
Pillers
Mickey
Pillers
Larry
Shake
Justin
Fredin
Brian
Morrow
Tom
Braun
Ed
Osborn
Everett
Osborn
Donna
Campbell
Mickie
Eby
Jean
Schultz
Alvin
Hall
Chuck
Harris
Brundage
consultant Tom Braun presented a slideshow of the proposed PUD.
Bill
Brown asked questions regarding solid waste, winter recreation plan,
Idaho Power lines, roads and fire service, fire mitigation and law
enforcement. Eddie Osborn
presented his concern over fencing out the cattle; Judd DeBoer was
understanding and stated he would work with the ranchers. Donna Campbell suggested verbiage on the
deeds regarding the fence issue.
Another public hearing will be set up for October 22, 2009
regarding the road developmental agreement and PUD.
Attest:
__________________________
____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board Bill Brown, Chairman of the Board
September
25, 2009
The
Board of Adams County Commissioners met this 25th day of
September 2009 for a special meeting to discuss the Request for
Qualifications for a Cogeneration Plant.
Present were Bill Brown, Chairman, Mike Paradis, Commissioner, Joe
Holmes, Commissioner and Peggy Pinkal, Deputy Clerk.
Attending
the meeting were Todd Smith with McKinstry, Marvin Sauer with McKinstry,
Adam Aleksander with Precision Energy, Larry Jellison with LD Jellison,
and Martin Nye with Wellons.
Don
Horton presented a Memorandum of Understanding for the Strawberry
Hazardous Fuels Mitigation with the State of Idaho for signature. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the MOU and sign the same. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
Bill Brown
explained how we have arrived at this point and the work done in the last
five years. The site of the
proposed co-gen plant is the Goodrich Landfill.
Mike
Paradis stated the work and studies done with the Payette Coalition and
Siemens.
The
major points of concern for the project expressed by all attending are
water, fuel and financing.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
Monday, September 28, 2009.
ATTEST:___________________________ _____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
September 28, 2009
The
Board of County Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho, does hereby meet
this 28th day of
September 2009. There being
present Chairman Bill Brown, Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe
Holmes and Clerk Sherry Ward.
Whereupon the following proceedings are had, to-wit:
Ralph
Wilson joined the meeting.
Dale
Lattin joined the meeting.
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting at 9:20 am.
AMENDMENTS
TO AGENDA: Cancellation of Taxes procedure, Betts
Landscaping, Gem Plan-EOB procedure, Cogeneration discussion, Executive
Session. Mike Paradis made a motion
to approve the amendments to the agenda.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
Elaine
Johnston joined the meeting.
MINUTES: After review of the minutes for
September 8, 2009 and September 25, 2009 Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the minutes. The motion
was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
AIR
DOG LLC LETTER/AGREEMENT:
Ralph Wilson came to discuss the fencing on the Council Greens
property that is next to the Ralph Wilson property. In regards to the agreement with Air
Dog LLC the County is waiting for changes that were requested by the
County.
CONSENT
AGREEMENT WITH DEQ/CLOSURE PLAN:
The Board discussed bringing back the Solid Waste Committee for
determining the County’s options in the closure process. The Board also discussed setting more
meetings with Southwest District Health and DEQ.
INTERIM
CLAIMS:
Commissioner Joe Holmes reviewed the interim claims. The interim claims total
$79,185.76. Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve the interim claims holding the wash system check until
installation is complete and Dave Klaw, Weed Supervisor, is
satisfied. The motion was seconded
by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
OLD
COURTHOUSE GRANT:
Present Elaine Johnston.
Elaine presented the forms to sign for the CLG reimbursement for
$5,000.00 and the application for CLG 2010 for $3,000.00. The grants are to continue
archeological work in Adams County.
Joe Holmes made a motion to approve and sign forms for
reimbursement of $5,000.00 and approve the application for the 2010-year
in the amount of $3,000.00. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Present Road Supervisor Tom Glenn. Tom asked if the County was going out
for bid for the tractor. Bill
Brown gave an update on the tractor/snow blowing issue. Bill stated we need to evaluate the need
and purpose of the equipment. Mike
Paradis brought up the RAC has additional funding maybe the County would
like to apply for the funding to overlay County roads.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Present are Sheriff Rich Green and
UnderSheriff Richard Borger. Updates
for projects: HVAC is 90%
completed. The roof project is
scheduled to start next week and the electrical will be completed next
week. The overhang for the
generator and HVAC was discussed.
Richard Borger asked the cover to be extended 2 feet more over the
HVAC system.
ENHANCED
911: The Clerk asked if the existing phone
system would interface with the enhanced 911. The UnderSheriff stated no it would
not. The Sheriff’s office is
looking at other options.
UPDATE
ON JAIL INSPECTION: Jail
inspection was performed on September 8th. Bill Brown gave a brief update on the
inspection, which included; minor repairs, roof issues, visited with the
inmates on how they are being treated.
The inmates had no complaints but expressed concern about how the
facility will run with the passing of Bill Riehle.
ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Present are the following:
Assessor Chief Deputy Ginger Getusky, Treasurer Connie Kesler,
Building Inspector Don Horton and Weed Supervisor Dave Klaw.
BETTS
LANDSCAPING: Treasurer Connie Kesler stated she has
made every attempt to locate Betts Landscaping but has been
unsuccessful. The Board gave
verbal approval to cancel Betts Landscaping for $546.00 and several
others with amounts under $100.00.
The Treasurer will have the cancellations prepares for the next
meeting.
INTEREST
ON INVESTMENTS: Treasurer Connie Kesler brought up
discussion on improving the interest rate for the money being invested at
the State Pool. Sterling Bank may
have an avenue to earn more than the .37% at the State Pool. The County has a certificate of deposit
with Sterling Bank, which is earning 1.2% and we would like to put
$250,000.00 for .75% and a possible NOW account with .50% on
$1,000,000.00. The Board had concerns
with the stability of Sterling Bank and asked the Treasurer to address
concerns.
PRINTER: Ginger Getusky, Deputy Assessor,
requested permission to lease a printer from Allied Business for $108.00
per month and a purchase of a refurbished track feed printer for $850.00
and to send the existing track feed printer in for service at a cost of
$350.00. The Board approved the
lease and purchase.
MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT: The new agreement is not present to
review.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION: The Board entered into Executive
Session pursuant to IC 67-2345, subsection (b) to discuss personnel
matters. The motion for executive
session was made by Commissioner Joe Holmes, seconded by Commissioner
Mike Paradis and passed with three aye votes.
Mike
Paradis made a motion to adjourn the Executive Session and resume the
regular meeting. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
Cody
Cahill joined the meeting at 1:30 pm
Tom
Glenn joined the meeting at 2:15 pm
TRANSPORTATION
PLAN OVERVIEW: Present are the following: Pete and Elaine Johnston, Martin
Carter, Wendy Green, and Dave Rittersbacher. Mike Paradis started the conversation
asking the committee to start from the first page and review the whole
document. Several discussions from
bridges to roads were addressed; the committee did not have enough time
to complete the review. Time was
scheduled for October 19th for all afternoon.
LAKESHORE
AGREEMENT FINAL REVIEW:
Present Everett Arter and Chris Carey from LakeShore
Disposal. The Board reviewed the
changes that were discussed at the last meeting. The Board also discussed the New
Meadows transfer site loads with regards to the billing; Bill Brown
stated the yards have never been charged from the transfer site. Bill also stated we will look at the
costs each month and determine if a change is needed. The Board will sign two copies and send
to LakeShore for signature.
Dan
Huter joined the meeting.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES:
A prepared cancellation of taxes for Ferrishyn, PP000000002610A for the
amount of $4.18 was reviewed. Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the cancellation. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
CERTIFICATE
OF RESIDENCY: A certificate of residency for Elenora
McLaughlin was reviewed; the Clerk’s office validated her as an Adams
County resident. Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve the certificate of residency. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
WEED
GRANT: The stimulus funding from ISDA for a
grant of $508,865.00 was reviewed. Mike Paradis went to Boise with Weed
Supervisor Dave Klaw to discuss the grant in detail with ISDA. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
signing of the grant. The motion
was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
COMPUTER
ARTS INC AGREEMENT: The
Board reviewed the annual CAI agreement, the Clerk has reviewed the
agreement stating a 2% increase overall.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve and sign the CAI
agreement. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
NEW
MEADOWS IMPACT AREA AGREEMENT:
Bill Brown stated he would like to discuss with the Building
Inspector Don Horton the agreement and set a public hearing in the near
future.
September 28, 2009 –
Continued:
LITTLE
WEISER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT:
Representative Jerry Jaeger, Chairman Isaac Ward met this the
Board. The Department of Water
Resource presented a letter to the district regarding dam safety and the
bridge. Bill Brown suggested a
meeting at the bridge location with the County Engineer, Idaho Department
of Water Resource and the Irrigation District.
MINUTES: After review of the minutes for
September 14, 2009 and September 15, 2009 Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the minutes. The motion
was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
LASKESHORE
AGREEMENT: The Board reviewed the LakeShore
agreement. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve and sign the LakeShore agreement. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
BRUNDAGE
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE: A
workshop was set for October5, 2009 at 10:00 am regarding the PUD and
road development agreement.
EMS
BUILDING: Present Dan Huter. Dan gave a progress report on the EMS
building.
Meeting
was adjourned until October 13, 2009.
ATTEST:_________________________ ___________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
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